Torrington man allegedly admits to sexual assault in apology note

LITCHFIELD >> A handwritten apology allegedly authored by Kim Bishop showed he was worried about his arrest for allegedly committing a series of lewd acts against a 14-year-old girl getting “out in the news.”

Consumed by guilt after police say he copped to touching the victim’s breasts and vagina numerous times while she was naked in a shower, the 59-year-old Bishop, of Torrington, apologized to the victim for wrecking her life. In a bizarre, handwritten note, he also professed love for the victim, according to an arrest warrant unsealed Wednesday in Superior Court.

“I am sorry I inaproperly [sic] touched the victim,” Bishop allegedly wrote. “I love her. I know I need help and want this all to go away, but I know I did wrong. Please forgive me. I hope this doesn’t get out in the news because all of you will go through hell. I’m so, so sorry. I wrected [sic] our lives forever and ever.”

A father of 10 according to court documents, Bishop is free on $25,000 and pleaded not guilty this week to charges of second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor, He is represented by public defender Christopher Cosgrove.

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According to an arrest warrant, the lewd acts included digital penetration and Bishop exposing himself to the victim, The victim also said Bishop touched her breasts and vagina while she was in the shower.

Betty Bishop, the wife of Kim Bishop, said in a written statement issued to police through her attorney, her husband admitted touching the victim in the shower.

Bishop claimed in an April interview with police he touched the victim’s breasts and vagina over and under her clothes four times since last summer and asked her to touch his penis. He said he stopped when she refused.

One witness told a social worker from the Department of Children and Families the abuse stretched back further. The man, now 18, was a boy when he said he walked into the bedroom of Bishop’s house several years ago and found him with the victim in a compromising position.

Bishop was sitting on the bed with his pants down, exposing his penis to the victim, then just 7 or 8 years old, according to the arrest warrant, The girl was naked and stood in front of Bishop, he said.

The witness said he fled the room. It’s unclear from the warrant whether he told anyone about the encounter before he was interviewed by the social worker.

For his part, in a subsequent interview with police, Bishop vehemently denied the allegation and maintained he first sexually assaulted the victim last summer.